Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1887-08-20
COLLIER, Aug II, 1887

New grass again.
A few MINDLESS days.
Varied autumnal tints.
Light showers and good rains.
The camp wagon still goes west.
Thursday was recorded among the
warm days.
The Dunkard services expected last
Sabbath afternoon were not held.
]. 81. Brown, of Cove county, has been
Ill and unable to work at his trade for
some eight weeks.
Fike, son of our hotel proprietor, has
SO far recovered from his prolonged i'll
ness as to be outdoors.
- Rev. J. G. Elliott gave pleasant talk
ON the Sunday school lesson, instead of
his prepared sermon, on Sunday.
Watermelons which were brought in
on Saturday were the first nice ones
which have appeared in our market this
season.
A railroad employee erected new mail
crane last week, to take the place of the
one destroyed by the recent freight
wreck at this place.
Farmers utter no bitter words of COM
plant, even though the crops have failed
to mature, when they read of the suffer-
ing in Illinois and Wisconsin.
Commissioner Robb and his wife passed
few of Wednesdays hours in town, and
received cordial greeting from their
friends and many invitations to come
again.
Grape and plum gathering parties have
been quite numerous the past week.
Plums are badly blighted, but the grapes
are abundant and the clusters very full Of
good fruit.
Mistakes will happen, and especially
when delayed trains deliver manuscript
almost too late for publication. Such
must have been the cause of the numer-
GUS errors in the last Carvings.
A few w. G.. T. U. members held an
interesting meeting Saturday afternoon.
Some important business was deferred
until the next meeting, in the hope that
more workers would then be present.
Three of the Brown brothers we're
making preparations last week to leave
home on Monday with their kit of tools.
Millbrook was said to be their destina-
ton, and work in rebuilding the city their
object.
Many persons are suffering from having
come in contact with poisonous plants
while in the woods this season, who
heretofore have been exempt from such
troubles. The results of the disease are
not as dangerous as ofttimes undignifed.
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year of life for Miss Nettie Kessler were
on Sunday, and her parents celebrated
the occasion by inviting her friends to
spend a portion of the day with her at
their residence, two and half miles
south of town.
The men who would not give five
cents for the whole of Kansas cannot be
found this season, though they were
plenty in earlier days. Western Kansas
reputation as a stock country is made,
and an agricultural failure will affect it
but slightly.
snake hay while the sun shines" is
being illustrated by the farmers at
present, and, do their best, the quantity
will be small, as the grass is so very
short in comparison with the height
it has usually attained. Fodder is re-
ported plentiful; in few cases, some to
sell
Go to G. W. Blackwill's, Collyer. Kan.
for your Acme Pulverizer and Harrow
the greatest harrow for listed corn on the
market. Also see the patent-tooth Elm
wood Harrow and Adams Cultivator, and
do not fail to examine the new Deering
Mower. Prices way down. 430-tf
Most thoroughly was the good, steady
rain OF Friday night appreciated, and the
heart of man was inclined to join the
meadow-larks in their morning songs of
praise. So deeply was the ground wet
that hot winds have been felt but few
times since, and mercury has not been
able to climb as high as before.
Next year will develop new methods in
farming, if the settlers act as they now
talk. Corn will not have as great an |
acreage, probably, and instead, larger |
variety of stock-feed crops will be sown;
these, too, at such seasons as will give |
them the benefit of either early or late |
rains, as they may chance to come.
The party at Mr.. McMilian's, on the |
Saline, was well attended last Friday
OVCulhS, ouN VIC AAlAu1She hOuiS cpCAo Al
dancing. Even the immersion some |
guests received during the hard rain
which fell as they journeyed toward the
home of their host marred their pleasures
but slightly, while Mr.. Hune's wit Gre
ated many outbursts of laughter and
added much to the enjoyment Of the
evening.
Because of its seasonableness, the fol-
lowing recipe may be of value: INFER
mented wine.-Pick the grapes from the
stems and wash. Cook them with little
water, as for jelly. When soft, strain |
through flannel bag. To one quart of
juice allow three quarters of pound of
sugar (granulated). Let the juice boil
and skim it, then put in the sugar and
cook until all is dissolved. While boil
ing hot put in self-sealing jars, or in
bottles corked and sealed. Allow one
third mice to two-thirds water for drink. |